Miles Davis Live at the Plugged Nickel

[jazzbo]

1 hour ago, bertrand said:

It was definitely discussed at the time, possibly here. I did not make it up, especially the part about the CDr replacement.

I NEVER have heard or read that mentioned, nor did a search some up with anything.

Edited 6 hours ago by jazzbo

[danasgoodstuff]

FWIW, the bad disc/CD-R replacement thing sounds vaguely familiar.  But I don't recall the details at all.  And again FWIW. I find the Plugged Nickel the most compelling of all Miles live recordings although I own and enjoy lots of others too.

[bertrand]

1 hour ago, danasgoodstuff said:

FWIW, the bad disc/CD-R replacement thing sounds vaguely familiar.  But I don't recall the details at all.  And again FWIW. I find the Plugged Nickel the most compelling of all Miles live recordings although I own and enjoy lots of others too.

When did the previous release come out? If it was before 2003, the discussion would have been on the Blue Note board.

I know I am not dreaming. I was waiting for a second, corrected pressing but the set went OOP real fast.

Speaking of that, whatever happened with the Kenny Dorham Brooklyn set? Did Resonance ever admit there was a problem?

Edited 3 hours ago by bertrand

[jazzbo]

The set came out in 1995. I have a really good memory and I don't believe this idea of a defective disc was discussed on the Blue Note Board or anywhere else I was present at the time. 

[Daniel A]

In any case, I believe that many of us have the set, and at least I haven't found a defect in any of the discs.

FWIW, Discogs is listing SID code variations, indicating that there was a repress of the 1995 set. An interesting sidenote is that mould SID codes were introduced in 1994~1996. This means that discs that lack such SID codes were produced no later than 1996-ish, unless there has been a one-off mistake (or they are counterfeit). But looking at these SID code variants, it appears that all discs within the set have one variation without SID code (presumably the initial pressing) *except* discs 4 and 5. This suggests that these two discs were pressed in a separate run (while it might still have been as early as 1995).

[JSngry]

3 hours ago, bertrand said:

 I was waiting for a second, corrected pressing but the set went OOP real fast.

It also took forever to come out. I placed a preorder as soon as it was announced, and, IIRC it took about a year (or more?) to actually be released.

For such great, seminal (albeit in slow motion) music, Columbia has been stingy with it.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I played some of this once for a friend who listens to pop music.  His reaction was that he didn't much like jazz that seemed like "noodling".  I wonder if there was a problem selling a large, relatively expensive set like this with music like this.  I guess it actually may be difficult to appreciate these live sessions without having experienced quite a bit of jazz and understanding the context?  The music is kind of 'advanced'?

Edited 8 minutes ago by Stompin at the Savoy